Monitoring the Health of Populations
Statistical Principles and Methods for Public Health Surveillance
ISBN13: 9780195146493ISBN10: 0195146492
Hardback,
390 pages
Oct 2003,
In Stock
Price:
$75.00 (05)Description
Advances in statistical techniques, computing power and the Internet have led to an explosion of new approaches to monitoring population health, analyzing the data, and rapidly sharing it. This text explores the critical issues in the statistical analysis and interpretations of health surveillance data. It will serve as a reference for public health practitioners and as a textbook for students of statistics, biostatistics, epidemiology or public health taking courses on disease surveillance.Reviews
"Using epidemiologic methods to monitor health patterns in populations has been a long-standing focus on public health. Monitoring the Health of Populations provides an up-to-date consideration of many topics associated with modern efforts designed to meet this focus." --American Journal of Epidemiology
Product Details
390 pages; 71 line illus.; 6-1/8 x 9-1/4; ISBN13: 978-0-19-514649-3ISBN10: 0-19-514649-2About the Author(s)
Edited by Ron Brookmeyer, Professor of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University , and Donna F. Stroup, Associate Director for Science, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
